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Tellina tehachapi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina tehachapi was named by Anderson and Hanna (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Eastern Pacific.]. Its type specimen is CAS 878, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Tellina tehachapi Anderson and Hanna p. 155 figs. pl. 6, figs. 5, 6
1927Tellina tehachapi Hanna pp. 291 - 292
2003Tellina tehachapi Moore

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
speciestehachapiAnderson and Hanna 1925

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tellina tehachapi Anderson and Hanna 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Tellina tehachapi (52830)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Tellina tehachapi (type locality: 207112)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Tellina tehachapi (200759 200760 200761 200763 200765 200766)